{{Infobox settlement | name = Tachouaft | native_name = تاشوافث | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = Village | pushpin_map = Algeria | pushpin_mapsize = 280 | pushpin_map_caption = Village in Algeria | coordinates = {{coord|36|28|2|N|4|43|10|E|region:DZ_type:village|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{DZA}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Béjaïa Province | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Seddouk District | subdivision_type3 = Commune | subdivision_name3 = Bouhamza | area_total_km2 = 0.46 | area_total_sq_mi = 0.18 | area_total_ha = 46.30 | area_total_acre = 114.30 | elevation_m = 632 | elevation_ft = 2074 | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset = +1 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 06034 }}
'''Tachouaft''' {{Langx|ar|تاشوافث}} is a village in Bouhamza Commune, Seddouk District, Béjaïa Province, Algeria. It is located North of Tansaout and South of Tizert and Taourirt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tachouaft, Bouhamza, Seddouk, Algérie on the Elevation Map. Topographic Map of Tachouaft, Bouhamza, Seddouk, Algérie. |url=https://elevationmap.net/ |access-date=2026-03-24 |website=elevationmap.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-16 |title=berbere |url=https://abbassa.wordpress.com/tag/berbere/ |access-date=2026-03-24 |website=Pr Mohammed Abbassa |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
The villages name is Kabyle and translates as "the shaded place".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Basset |first=André |title=La langue berbère: morphologie, le verbe, étude de thèmes |last2=Rabdi |first2=Larbi |date=2004 |publisher=L'Harmattan |isbn=978-2-7475-7278-1 |edition=Nouv. éd. |series=Présence berbère |location=Paris}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaker |first=Salem |title=Textes en linguistique berbère: introduction au domaine berbère |date=1984 |publisher=Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique |isbn=978-2-222-03578-7 |location=Paris}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dallet |first=Jean-Marie |title=Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie |date=1982 |publisher=Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France |isbn=978-2-85297-143-1 |series=Études ethno-linguistiques Maghreb-Sahara |location=Paris}}</ref>
The village has a mosque, a football pitch and a cemetery.<ref>Hacntizi, Hacene, 2018</ref>
In late November 1957, the village was evacuated after an ambush at Ighzar n Tissemt in early November. Fighter jets shot at civilians in Tachouaft.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Baṭṭāsh |first=ʻAlī |title=La région de Bouhamza: au cœur du combat libérateur, 1954 -1962 |date=2021 |publisher=Edition El Assala |isbn=978-9931-881-14-8 |edition=Deuxième édition, revue et rajoutée |location=Alger}}</ref>
During the Algerian War the village was bombed on 16 December 1958 by B-26 aircraft, practically destroying every building.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=samir |date=2021-12-23 |title=L'association EL-FLAYE- Savoir et Patrimoine à BOUHAMZA, à l'occasion du 63e anniversaire de la commémoration du bombardement du village BOUHAMZA le 16 décembre 1958 (Photos + Vidéos) - |url=https://leflaye.net/lassociation-el-flaye-savoir-et-patrimoine-a-seddouk-ouada-laureat-du-2e-prix-du-concours-du-village-le-plus-propre-de-bejaia-2021-photos-videos |access-date=2026-03-24 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
A shell from the war was recently discovered during road clearing in a forest near the village.<ref>{{Cite web |last=samir |date=2021-12-23 |title=L'association EL-FLAYE- Savoir et Patrimoine à BOUHAMZA, à l'occasion du 63e anniversaire de la commémoration du bombardement du village BOUHAMZA le 16 décembre 1958 (Photos + Vidéos) - |url=https://leflaye.net/lassociation-el-flaye-savoir-et-patrimoine-a-seddouk-ouada-laureat-du-2e-prix-du-concours-du-village-le-plus-propre-de-bejaia-2021-photos-videos |access-date=2026-03-24 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
== Victims of the 1958 bombing == - Arezki or Si Ahmed family (Balit): Balit Arezki, 46; Benmeziane Adidi, his wife, 32; and children, Boualem, 7 and Tayakout, 11; one survivor, Ahmed. Imekhloufene Tallit, 33, daughter of Mohand Tahar el Betsadoune El Ghaia, wife of Benatsou Mohand Oulhadi, and her daughter Aicha, 12, Balit Zahra, 5; Benmeziane Abdeslam and his wife Beomeziane Sakina, Adjenad Arezki (Mokrane), 12; Tassift H'mimi (Ahmed), 56; Benatsou Mohand Tayeb (Mohand Tahar) Benmeziane Chehla, 27; Benmeziane Hadjila, 7; Benmeziane Bouzid, 5; Ladiadna Saad, 72; Chenna Betitra, 3, daughter of Lahlou.<ref>{{Cite news |last=samir |date=2021-12-23 |title=L'association EL-FLAYE- Savoir et Patrimoine à BOUHAMZA, à l'occasion du 63e anniversaire de la commémoration du bombardement du village BOUHAMZA le 16 décembre 1958 (Photos + Vidéos) - |url=https://leflaye.net/lassociation-el-flaye-savoir-et-patrimoine-a-seddouk-ouada-laureat-du-2e-prix-du-concours-du-village-le-plus-propre-de-bejaia-2021-photos-videos |access-date=2026-03-24 |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BéjaIa Bouhamza rend hommage au chahid Ali Baha |url=https://www.vitaminedz.com/fr/Bejaia/bejaia-bouhamza-rend-hommage-au-chahid-2255867-Articles-6-18300-1.html |access-date=2026-03-24 |website=vitaminedz.com |language=fr}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Villages in Algeria Category:Populated places in Béjaïa Province